Chando originated the role of Maddie Coleman on the television soap operaAs the World Turns, which she played from 2005[8] to 2007 and again for several months beginning in late 2009 and ended in early 2010. Her experience of being cast on As the World Turns was chronicled in the episode "I'm Getting My Big Break" from the MTV documentary series, True Life.[9] She received a 2007 Daytime Emmy Award nomination in the Younger Actress Category.[10]

^ ab"Meet ATWT's New Maddie". Soap Opera Digest. July 27, 2005. Retrieved July 9, 2016. Alexandra Chando debuts as Henry's youngest sister, Madeline "Maddie" Coleman, on AS THE WORLD TURNS July 27. Here is a sneak peek at Maddie and the 19-year-old Pennsylvania native who plays her.

^"Chando Wants Her MTV". Soap Opera Digest. May 4, 2006. Retrieved July 9, 2016. MTV cameras have followed Alexandra Chando since she was cast as Maddie Coleman on AS THE WORLD TURNS last summer. Viewers can now see what it's like joining the soap when she appears on MTV's documentary series TRUE LIFE: I'M GETTING MY BIG BREAK, premiering May 4 at 10 p.m.